JoeSixPack wrote:

"Pete C." wrote in message
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JoeSixPack wrote:


Incredibly stupid discussion. A service transformer steps voltage down
from
say, 7,200 volts to 240/120 volts. Backfeed 240 volts through the
transformer, and 7,200 volts goes back out through the line. Anyone
toucing
the line can be killed at those voltages with very little current
(milliamps
in fact). It can and does happen, so stop using your limited knowledge
to
reach dangerous conclusions.

Um, it only take milliamps to kill you at 120/240 volts as well. The
only difference between 120/240 and 7,200 is amount of insulation
required to protect you.

Pete C.

Exactly right. It only takes milliamps to kill you, but the greater the
voltage, the more milliamps are driven through your skin and into your body.

More milliamps does not equal more dead. Dead is dead and once you're
past the threshold the voltage is irrelevant.

Pete C.